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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
And yet, if Dion's plan actually was about "changing behaviours", increasing gasoline taxes would be exactly what he would do. Afterall, isn't that the entire point of the Green Shaft? To make it more expensive to pollute?
The plan's real purpose is to buy votes by paying lip service to environmentalism, while acting as a means to fund Liberal pet projects. They are hoping that we'll be so happy to see them handing us money with their left hand that we wont notice them stealing that same money from our wallets with their right.
Nothing but smoke and mirrors. Both as environmental policy and economic policy.
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Exactly. And it is most definitely NOT about reducing GHG emissions, because if it was successful in doing that, it would fail in every other aspect (the spending and/or tax cuts side). It CAN'T reduce the carbon emissions because if it does, they'll take in LESS revenue than they have forecast, and will have to either increase taxes or cut spending (or run a deficit). There is NOTHING in the plan about reducing revenue in subsequent years. NOTHING.
Those that believe this plan is about reducing GHG emissions are not looking at it objectively.